AM-06 - Map algebra
- Explain the categories of map algebra operations (i.e., local, focal, zonal, and global functions)
- Explain why georegistration is a precondition to map algebra
- Differentiate between map algebra and matrix algebra using real examples
- Perform a map algebra calculation using command line, form-based, and flow charting user interfaces
- Describe a real modeling situation in which map algebra would be used (e.g., site selection, climate classification, least-cost path)
- Describe how map algebra performs mathematical functions on raster grids
FC-40 - Neighborhoods
Neighborhoods mean different things in varied contexts like computational geometry, administration and planning, as well as urban geography and other fields. Among the multiple contexts, computational geometry takes the most abstract and data-oriented approach: polygon neighborhoods refer to polygons sharing a boundary or a point, and point neighborhoods are defined by connected Thiessen polygons or other more complicated algorithms. Neighborhoods in some regions can be a practical and clearly delineated administration or planning units. In urban geography and some related social sciences, the terms neighborhood and community have been used interchangeably on many occasions, and neighborhoods can be a fuzzy and general concept with no clear boundaries such that they cannot be easily or consensually defined. Neighborhood effects have a series of unique meanings and several delineation methods are commonly used to define social and environmental effects in health applications.